[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Jackie.
Could it be because the people who HAVE the money also have the power?
And that they fail to see how society is hurt by the inequities in the
system because they don't think it will ever affect them?
Bill
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 05:09:39 -0600 Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Bill
>
>Darn it--no answer (teehee). I just think that in the attempt at
>reform in
>the cj system, we are going to end up with some real thorny problems.
>Seems
>to me that they just are not doing a "functional analysis" of these
>proposed
>policy changes.
>
>jackief
>
>William J. Foristal wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>>
>> Hi Jackie,
>>
>> Yeah, and that becomes a separate issue. Most of the laws regarding
>the
>> admissability of evidence are flexible enough so that it depends on
>the
>> judge's ruling. And it makes sense that a highly skilled attorney
>will
>> be able to make a more compelling argument in court as opposed to a
>less
>> skilled attorney. So the defendant who has the most money has the
>best
>> chance on winning these kind of issues. But I don't think laws can
>be
>> written to be so rigid that the judge does not have the opportunity
>to
>> consider the specifics of a case and rule accordingly.
>>
>> In summary, I don't have an answer to how to solve the problem. :)
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 03:22:57 -0600 Jackie Fellows
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>> >Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi Bill
>> >
>> >I am getting a little apprehensive about some of the recent rulings
>of
>> >courts. It seems with our reactive type laws and policies, we
>forget
>> >the
>> >middle ground and swing from one side of the pendulum to the other.
>> >And, of
>> >course, there are some that will have the money again to fight any
>of
>> >these
>> >rulings so it just seems to increase the inequality in how justice
>is
>> >distributed.
>> >
>> >jackief
>> >
>>
>>
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